An old-school politician whose career began in the 1980s he lost the 2007 presidential race served as Vice-President under Mwai Kibaki from 2008 to 2013 and was Odinga's running mate in 2013 and 2017...
He had previously been the lawyer and advisor for John Githongo the anti-corruption tsar during Mwai Kibaki's presidency who turned whistleblower to expose grand corruption at the heart of government (AC Vol 47 No 21 The anti-corruption collapse)...
Led by Chirau Ali Mwakwere 81 who served as Mining then Environment minister in President Mwai Kibaki's government from 2008-2013 the 16-member Trust says it has not been consulted by the government on the issue of the preservation of its sacred kayas on Mrima Hills...
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Its criticism of the Mwai Kibaki government during the Anglo Leasing scandal famously prompted Kibaki's combative wife Lucy to doorstep the paper's editor...
The consequences of splitting the opposition vote in the first round are less significant than in earlier contests such as 1997 and 2007 where Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki won with pluralities...
Many of the country's most senior politicians – including Ruto – were early members of ODM which emerged in 2005 in opposition to then President Mwai Kibaki's plans to change the constitution (AC Vol 46 No 18 Banana-skin vote)...
But it is widely accepted that Odinga not Mwai Kibaki won the 2007 elections...
Abdi's remarks deepened concerns of a replay of 2007 when President Mwai Kibaki's insiders rigged the election and pushed the country to the precipice...
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But he advised former Presidents Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Raila Odinga...
The city perched on Lake Victoria is finally attracting funds that locals say they were starved of during the Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki presidencies (AC Vol 58 No 17 New elections old battles)...
